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Zakhar

Production:
Rock Films
VGIK
with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation

Country of production:
Russia

Genre:
Documentary

Time:
44 min

Storyline

Zakhar Prilepin. Writer, journalist, screenwriter, winner of various prestigious literary awards. Zakhar’s former occupations are even more various: bodyguard, squad leader in Special Police Forces and soldier during the war in Chechnya in 1996 and 1999, Chief Editor of "Political News Agency – Nizhny Novgorod" and the CEO of "Novaya Gazeta" in Nizhny Novgorod. His books are translated into eleven languages (Arabian, Bulgarian, Czech, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, Latvian, Polish, Romanian and Serbian) and included in either obligatory or recommended lists of Russian literature for schools.

Prize

Journalist Profession Film Festival

Special Jury Prize, Diploma in "Developing The Artist and Authority Theme",
Nomination from Publishing House "Sovershenno Sekretno"